Flashy zines and other assorted commentary.
Has any major pop star, of any era, required the level of indulgence that Kanye West demands? He’s a brilliant producer, an ingenious curator, and arguably the most consequential pop star of the last decade, but liking Kanye has always meant making peace with the arrogant, petulant, sometimes infuriating character in the foreground. For a… via… Read More Suddenly We Find this Kanye West Fellow A Bit Difficult to Accept.
After this, more sedate Jazz… http://everydamncd.tumblr.com/post/174436477183/128-miles-davis-on-the-corner
I’m almost done with Miles Davis. Just On the Corner left. http://everydamncd.tumblr.com/post/173723932168/127-miles-davis-a-tribute-to-jack-johnson
Usually when I see an article about “Millenials” or “Millenial Trends” or “Stuff These Damn Millenials are Doing”, I scroll past it. Partly because it’s usually empty-calorie click-bait, but mostly because I’ve decided that “Millenials” are not a thing. There are people born between 1981 and 1997, and they have a set of shared cultural… Read More 31 Incredibly Lame Shots at Modern Bands – A Fisking
You might not think so. It might seem counter-intuitive. But it’s not wrong. Andrew Earles in 2016: Band names/artistic monikers are so, so, so important, people. Anyone who subscribes to bullshittery such as “It’s only a name” or “It’s unfair to judge a band/artist on name alone” needs to call 911 so the EMTs can… Read More Bad Band Names Ruin Music
I am generally distrustful of bipartisan legislation, especially when the CEO of RIAA is this enthusiastic, but this doesn’t look too bad on its face: A key provision of the bill is for Congress to establish the equivalent of a SoundExchange for songwriters to track credits and distribute royalties when digital services use their work.… Read More Music Modernization Bill Sounds Good.
Sony Music is expanding it’s catalog label, Legacy, according to Variety: According to BuzzAngle’s 2017 year-end report, a whopping 51% of songs consumed are from “deep catalog” (music three or more years old), with an additional 12.5% coming from “catalog” (18 months to three years old). Which means that for all the discovery opportunities that a virtually… Read More Old Music is New Again
Jack White Concert for ‘Boarding House Reach’ Album Release to Be Live-Streamed on Twitter http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/jack-white-twitter-album-release-live-stream-1202732449/ — Read on variety.com/2018/digital/news/jack-white-twitter-album-release-live-stream-1202732449/ This is interesting because: A) I’d been wondering when Jack’s next album would drop B) Live-streaming a concert gets around bootleggers and uses paid customers to create an event for non-paying customers.
I listened to this for two weeks in an attempt to coneptualize it. I did not succeed. http://everydamncd.tumblr.com/post/171853643113/126-miles-davis-bitches-brew
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